The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-08-11

Au Argument from the Atlanta .tConstltu
| Characterization Does Prohibit"
1othe Editor Of he iatditgtnetr! I'll 6,g,
AS you frequently publish extraclD ant
editorials ~ chow tina. Prohibition doel
not prohibit II hops ant. believe You have
the fairness TO find place for the enclosed
on the other etde, and remember that The
Atlanta Constitution has never been friend
ly TO the cause OF Prohibition.
Yours truly, n.p,M.
Tho election ut which Prohibition wat
put on trial In this city 10 entitled 10 q
a place among tho great events. No cleo
ton Of local nature was ever before held
In city Of 10000 people III which more
was involved, The changes proposed by
1t were 80 radical az 10 be almost revolu.
,ionary. Over hundred busiuesB houses
were to be closed. Nearly FIVE hundred
men were to BE- forced TO give up a chosen
employment. This city treasury was TO be
left with $4,000 less revenue. Trade
amounting annually to millions was 10 be
turned away from the city. Many large
buBineas houses were to be left unfsnted.
VI course, u movement proposing meas.
ures go radical met with the most spirited
and determined opposition. Many OF our
beat citizsns regarded 1t with outspoken
dislavor. sfsa sgy hei &
| 1t was naid that prohibition In city 60
large aB this was impracticable, that 1t
would not prohibit, that the trade would
be injured, that taxes would bs Increased,
that tbs storea in which the liquor bust.
nees was carried on would not be- rented
Tor othsr purposes, that the samo amount
Of whiaky would be drank with the law
40 without 1t, tho city would only mics
the revenue, That 1t would be a death-blow
to Atlaa.a's progress. "a
1t has now been eighteen months since
the election, and twelve months since tho
law went into effect. We are prepared
thus from observation to note results. Z.
Prohibition In this city does prohibit.
Tho law IL observed as well as the law
againet carrying concealed weapons,
gambling, theft, and other oHsnsea Of like
character. II there had bsen as many
people in favor Of carrying concealed
weapons, theft, gambling, ETC., as they
were In favor OF the retail OF ardent spirits
twelve months ago, law against these
things'would not have bsen carried out
as we'll as it was against the liquor trade
consideration OF the small majority with
which Prohibition was carried, and the
largo number OF people who were opposed
10 seeing 1t prohibit, tho law has been
marvelouHly well observed.
Prohibition has not injured the city
financially. According to the assessors'
books, property In the city has increased
over two millions Of dollars. Taxes have
not been increased. Two strsets in the
city, D:cstns and Peters, were known as
liquor.streets. 1t was hardly considered
proper for lady to walk thess streets
without IN escort. Nov they are lust as
orderly IS any in the city. Property on
hem hss advanced from 10 70 Is per cent.
The loss Of $40 600 revenue, consequent
on closing the saloons, has tended in no
degree to impede tho city's progress In
any direction. Large appropriations have
been made to tue water works, the
public schools, the Piedmont Fair, and
other improvements. The business men.
have raieed $780, coo to bpild the Atlanta
and Hawkinsville Railroad. The number
Of city banks 10 TO be increased to flys.
Che coming Of four new railroads has
been settled during tho year. Fifteen
! new stores containing hol5e-iurnishing
goods have been started since Prohibition
sent into effect. These are doing well.
| More iurnitnre has bGen sold to mechan-
ics aud lshoring men in the ,eat twelve
months than in any twelve months during
the history Of the city. The manutsctur.
lug establishments Of the city have receiy.
sd new life. a glass factory has been
built. A cotton-aeed oil-mill is being
built worth Sl25.000. All Improvement
companies With basis Ia real estets have
seen their stock doubled in value eince
the election OF Prohibition. Il :. 5. .ssIl
Stores in which the liquor trade wan
conducted are not vacant, put arc now oc-
cupisd by other lines Of trade. According
to the real estate men lsborera and men
Of limited means are buying lots than ever
before. Rents ere mors promptly paid
than formerly. Moro houaeS ale Tented
by the came number OF families than here.
Foiore. Before Prohibition, sometimes AZ
many as three families would live in one
oonse. The heads OF those families row,
not spending their money Tor drina. are
zach eole to rent q house, thus using
three instead Of one. Workingmen who
formerly spent great part OF their money
! for liquor now spend it for food and
clothes ter their families. The retail
grocery men ael more gooda and collect
sheis bills better than ever before. Thus
they are abls to settle more promptly
with the Wholesale men. 555. #ii}fy'; !.
| A perceplibie insres5e has been noticed
in the numhar OF people who ride on the
street cars. According 10 the coal dealers.
many people bought coal and stored ii
away last winter who had never been
known tc DO so before. Others who had
been accustomed TO buying two or three
tons on tiIns, this last winter bought seven
or eight aud paid cash for it. 4 leading
proprietor Of millinery store oaid thGt he
had sold more hass and bonneta to labor.
ing men Tor their wives and daughters
than before in the history Of his business.
Contractors say their men do better work,
and on Saturday evenings, when they re.
ceive their weeks wages, spend the same
Tor -four, hams, dry goods, or other neces.
sary things for their families. Thus they.
are in better episits, have mora hope, and
are not inclined to strike and growl about
higher wages. h e. 81,
Attendance upon the public schools has
Increased. The Superintendent OF Public
Instructions ssla in bis report to the Board
Of Education, made January l, 1857:
During the past year it has become a
snbject OF remark by teachers in the
schools and by visitors that the children
were more tidy, were better dressed, weYe
better shod, and presented neater ap-
pearance than ever before. Less trouble
has been experienced In having parents
purchase hooks required by the rules,
fewer children have been withdrawn to
aid in supporting the family, the higher
classes in the grammar schools have been
fuller, and more children have been pro-
NOTED to the high schools, both male and
female, then eyer before In the history Of
the schools. All these Indications point
to tho increased prosperity OF the city, and
to the growing interest in the cause Of ed
ucation on the part Of the people" T.. e555a'is
There has been marked increass in at,
tendance upon tho Sunday .sehools Of the
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